Wednesday, June 30, 2010
best coast : boyfriend
time is valuable and instant access to music is plentiful. so much hype and bluzz (blog+buz=bluzz) thrown around these days it's hard to know what's worth digging into. best coast might be. stream the song "boyfriend" here (and download if you like what you hear).
rec'd if you like hazy production, summer vibes, female vox, songs about longing.
Tuesday, June 29, 2010
Monday, June 28, 2010
explosion robinson : trace (ft melati malay)
so this commercial's sorta weak (apple4life!), but i'm feeling the song. it took a little digging, but it's a song called "trace" by a group called explosion robinson and it features melati malay on vox. i haven't been able to find any mp3s or full length versions, but enjoy this 41 second sample.
wavves
so s'gum had a premature evaluation up for wavves today. prior to reading it, i had pretty much written off wavves. the outfit seemed to embody all the negative aspects of over-hyping, blog-buzz, and lo-fi. but what i've heard from his third full-length, king of the beach (out this august), has forced me to reconsider. check out some of the new songs over on hype machine. especially the title track.
dylan leblanc : if time was for wasting
louisiana native and recent rough trade signee. recommended if you like ryan adams, slow mmj songs.
kanye west : the power (bet)
kanye's performance at last night's bet awards. would've been nice to see him swagger around on stage a little more. but who needs swagger when you've got cheap green screen imagery?
Sunday, June 27, 2010
morning benders : stitches (live w/ guests)
hey, remember when the morning benders did that awesome spectorian wall of sound version of "excuses"? they did another song. check it.
Saturday, June 26, 2010
Friday, June 25, 2010
180 degrees south
please please please watch this movie. inspiring. great soundtrack (isaac brock, james mercer, mason jennings). it's on netflix instant watch. no excuses.
Thursday, June 24, 2010
Wednesday, June 23, 2010
keep shelly in athens
feels like music that would be playing in the mid/late 90s at a club that only serves zima. but in a good way. although, full disclosure, even if it was in a bad way, i'd still post this. the mysterious group is from greece. gotta represent.
bjork + dirty projectors
the dirty projectors have jumped into a studio with bjork to record mount wittenberg orca, a 20-minute, seven-track ep to be released digitally on june 30 with all money raised going to the national geographic society. sweet. tracklist below.
01 ocean
02 on and ever onward
03 when the world comes to an end
04 beautiful mother
05 sharing orb
06 no embrace
07 all we are
passion pit : tonight, tonight (levis session)
passion pit covers smashing pumpkins' "tonight, tonight" on this pioneers session. download it here.
Tuesday, June 22, 2010
jenny and johnny : scissor runner
jenny and johnny is jenny lewis (of riley kilo) and boyfriend/musician jonathan rice.
Monday, June 21, 2010
check out the bonnaroo youtube channel for some quality videos of a bunch of this year's performers, including phoenix, local natives, kol, the avett brothers, gaslight anthem, dead weather and more.
ugly casanova : here's to now
side project of modest mouse frontman and tattoo enthusiast isaac brock.
Sunday, June 20, 2010
Saturday, June 19, 2010
anagram generator
pretty sweet. mine, you ask? salsa rock hip. never realized that everything you need to know about me (i.e. i like salsa, i like rock, and i have a bad hip) is all contained within the letters of my first and last name. i'm sort of like a human da vinci code.
what are y'allz favorite anagrams?
band of horses do interface
aol caught the band's entire live (and free) show at ny's grand central terminal on tape and will be releasing new videos each week. here's "compliments" and "factory," the latter of which is looking to be one of my favorite songs of 2010. also, worth checking out, is the interview.
Friday, June 18, 2010
the boss + brian fallon : no surrender
brian fallon of gaslight anthem joined bruce springsteen and the e street band on stage in hyde park.
Thursday, June 17, 2010
florence + the machine : cosmic love (kexp video)
flo brings one of my favorite songs of '09 to kexp's live "video of the week" segment.
gaslight anthem : boxer (fallon)
"boxer"
plus a pretty awesome cover of my favorite pearl jam song. loving the air drummer in the beginning.
hammock : breathturn (video)
more from these guys. feeling something. via scopeblog.
Hammock - Breathturn from David Altobelli on Vimeo.
smart girls at the party
i posted on amy poehler's web show about interesting and individualistic young females a long time ago. it's finally back with season 2. and with a new dance party outro featuring will arnett, sean hayes, and most of the cast of parks & rec. incredible. watch the first ep here.
Wednesday, June 16, 2010
hammock : you lost the starlight in your eyes
whoa, hammock. where'd you come from? this band is totally new to me, but this just might be the start of a beautiful relationship. recommended if you like ambient but sometimes yearn for a little more oomph.
Tuesday, June 15, 2010
sonar festival comes to chicago
the electronic-music festival will be setting down in chicago september 9 - 11. some of last year's notable contributors included animal collective, fever ray, and lcd soundsystem. slightly more info here. line-up will be announced in july.
Monday, June 14, 2010
new arcade fire
Sunday, June 13, 2010
dumbdumb : orbit
jason bateman and will arnett have started a company that makes "viral" videos as advertisements. love it.
sufjan stevens is allegedly working on the proper followup to illinoise. possibly getting some help from the national. p4k has the scoop.
Thursday, June 10, 2010
the shins : goodbye girl (levi's pioneer sessions)
probably more appropriate to say the song is performed by james mercer rather than the shins, seeing how james has pretty much axed all of the other members. either way, grab it here.
Wednesday, June 9, 2010
Tuesday, June 8, 2010
washed out : you and i
spacey and brooding. features guest vocals from chairlift's caroline polachek.
stream gaslight anthem's new album
listen to the thoroughly enjoyable new album by gaslight anthem over here.
Monday, June 7, 2010
Saturday, June 5, 2010
Friday, June 4, 2010
Thursday, June 3, 2010
mountain man : river (live)
love this group. from their upcoming album.
Mountain Man - River from Vincent Galgano on Vimeo.
dirty projectors : i dreamed i saw st. augustine (bob dylan cover)
another installment in the levis pioneer sessions.
download here.
stream the new tokyo police club album
this album is so so so good. gotta check it out, you guys. right here.
Wednesday, June 2, 2010
ferraby lionheart : harry and bess
i loved ferraby's self-titled ep. thought catch the brass ring was a little flat. same type of songs, but lacking the charm. here's a new one that is just chock-full of whatever it was that was absent on the last go-around. highly recommended.
stream twilight: eclipse soundtrack
for the next 24 hours, you can stream the indie-centric album right here. includes never before heard jams by flo + machine, band of horses, black keys and more.
morning benders : go grab a stranger
an outtake or b-side. for good reason. it's not a bad song, just not on par with the rest of the tastiness that is big echo.
Tuesday, June 1, 2010
ted leo : bottled in cork
download the latest single from tl's latest lp, the brutalist bricks by clicking here.
s. carey : in the dirt
sean carey is responsible for the percussion and one third of the aching harmonies in a wisconsin outfit that goes by the name of bon iver. this song is lovely. it has a bit of a sufjan stevens meets blood bank feel to it.
blitzen trapper : destroyer of the void (full album)
stream the new full-length by blitzen trapper over at npr.
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